Pillow.



M. E. MQGOMB.

PILLOW.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1912.

Patented July 22, 1913.

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CULUIHUIA PLANOUHAPH CD. WASHINGTON. l)- C,

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2%., 1913.

Application filed August 21, 1912. Serial No. mazes.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, Many EAs'roN Mo- Coiun, a citizen of the United States, residing at Haddonfield, in the county of Camden and State oi": New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pillows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pillows.

Pillows ordinarily are constructed of spaced. walls constructed in such manner or of separate materials that, when the filling of the pillow becomes hard or compressed through being congested at a. particular place in the pillow, it is necessary to open the pillow and remove the filling and then agitate or work the latter until it assumes its original elasticity. Through this ordinary construction it is necessary that the filling after being worked as above described be placed back into the pillow and the latter rearranged in its original form.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a pillow which will be so constructed that the filling or stutling containing space therein can be readily minimized or maximized as the occasion may demand; as for example, when the filling becomes compressed to such degree of hardness that itis desirable to restore the same to its original elasticity the pillow is adjusted so as to be furnished with the maximum fillll'lg containing space. The pillow may then be agitated or worked in any suitable manner, as by the hand, so as to scatter the filling to different parts of the space. Another adjustment of the pillow is made so that the contents thereof will. be disposed in a minimized space to be distributed in such manner that the pillow will be rendered extremely comtortable.

in the drawing forming a portion of this application and in which like letters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views: Figure l is a plan view of the pillow 1 showing the same adjusted to maximize the filling space thereof. Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view 01 the pillow showing the same adjusted to a position to minimize the filling space thereof. Fig. 4 is a section on k line 4 l of Fig. 8. i

The pillow herein shown comprises walls 1 and 2 which are arranged relatively and connected together so as to define therebe tween a. space for feathers or any other well known filling material 3. A row of resilient socket members or like fastenings 4; extends diagonally of the wall 1. The members are arranged at suitable spaced intervals and they preferably run from one corner to another as shown in Fig. 1. The wall 2 is provided with outwardly extending resilient heads 5. These heads are also arranged in a diagonal row, being spaced properly so as to coincide with the resilient socket members 4t when the pillow is adjusted to one position.

A. pillow constructed as described has each of its walls separated by the hereinbet'ore described resilient :ftastenings into two pertions A and B, each being substantially of triangular configuration. The pillow, as shown when adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 1 is of rectangular configuration. Fig. 3 discloses the intended triangular shape of the pillow as l propose to use the amo and it may be adjusted to such position by folding the portions B of the opposite companion. materials 1 and 2 into the space between the portions A. of said walls and then connecting the resilient fastening heads 5 in the companion sockets 4. In this man not the filling space for the material is minimized and the filling arranged in the desired bulk as is evident. When the mass of material 3 becomes congested at any particular )art in the willow or when it is iven such degree oi. hardness that it becomes uncomfortable to the user the fastening heads 5 are disconnected from their sockets l. The portions B of the pillow are then drawn from between the portions A and as a result the space between the companion walls 1 and 2 is maximized. One may work the pillow so as to loosen the filling material 3 and restore the same to its original degree of elasticity. After this is done the portions B of the walls are again folded between the portions A of the walls and the companion cofitting tastenings connected together as shown in Fig. 4.

T claim l. A pillow comprising spaced walls adapted for the reception of a cushioning of the casing as and for the purpose de filling therebetween and including adjustscribed. 10 able portions whereby the space for the fill In testimony whereof I afliX my signature ing can be minimized or maximlzed. in presence of two witnesses.

2. A pillow casing having integral por- MARY EASTON MOCOMB. tions adapted to be normally secured out of Vitnesses:

casing forming position, said portions being HELEN G. DALEY, operable to increase at Wlll the normal size NORMAN J. SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

